The Discussion: A nurse on a medical/surgical unit has made the same medication error two days in a row. As the nursing manager, describe how you would decide whether this is a systems problem or a problem related to the individual nurse. In either case, explain how you (the manager) should correct the problem. Occurrence of Medication Error

Occurrence of Medication Error

  • Must address the topic.
  • Rationale must be provided.
  • May list examples from your own nursing practice.
  • 150-word minimum/250-word maximum without the references.
  • Minimum of two references (the course textbook must be one of the references) in APA format, must have been published within last 3-5 years.
  • Upload by  Wednesday week # 12
  • Each student must respond to two student’s original post by day seven. This grade is a compilation of the original post and the response post. Please see the discussion topic rubric with responses in the course documents folder.

The Discussion: 

A nurse on a medical/surgical unit has made the same medication error two days in a row. As the nursing manager, describe how you would decide whether this is a systems problem or a problem related to the individual nurse. In either case, explain how you (the manager) should correct the problem. Occurrence of Medication Error

  • Must address the topic.
  • Rationale must be provided.
  • May list examples from your own nursing practice.
  • 150-word minimum/250-word maximum without the references.
  • Minimum of two references (the course textbook must be one of the references) in APA format, must have been published within last 3-5 years.
  • Upload by  Wednesday week # 12
  • Each student must respond to two student’s original post by day seven. This grade is a compilation of the original post and the response post. Please see the discussion topic rubric with responses in the course documents folder.

A nurse on a medical/surgical unit has made the same medication error two days in a row. As the nursing manager, describe how you would decide whether this is a systems problem or a problem related to the individual nurse. In either case, explain how you (the manager) should correct the problem. Occurrence of Medication Error

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